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WASHINGTON (AP) – US labs are undergoing a plethora of coronavirus tests, creating long delays in processing that experts say are undermining the pandemic response. With the count of confirmed infections in the US At nearly 4 million on Wednesday and the increase in new cases, bottlenecks are creating problems …

The team behind Economist 2020 election forecast They designed their model to consider many factors: surveys, economic conditions, presidential approval ratings, political polarization, the presence of a headline. What was not factored? “We are not trying to model the probability of a meteorite impact,” said Andrew Gelman, a professor of …

A group representing more than 200 bars and restaurants in Colorado filed a lawsuit against Governor Jared Polis and the state health department over the new temporary last-call mandate ordering liquor-licensed establishments to stop serving alcohol. after 10 pm as the coronavirus health crisis continues. . The Tavern League of …

It seems unlikely that mothers with COVID-19 transmit the disease to their newborn babies, even if they breastfeed and share the same room, provided they take certain precautions, a new small study suggests. The study found that of 120 babies born to mothers with COVID-19, none contracted the disease during …

People who have had mild to moderate COVID-19 can be released from isolation after 10 days and do not need to be retested before returning to work, according to the new CDC guidelines. © Gregory Bull, AP Vi employees at the La Jolla retirement complex hold signs and wave flags …